Children's Lives and Schooling Across Societies

by Bruce Fuller and Fuller

In recent decades, sociological research has investigated the nature of the school institution and its uneven effects on the progress of families, societies, and the global community. Yet, relatively little comparative research on schooling has dealt in a serious way with links between schooling and the other major contexts of childhood: families and communities. This edition of "Research in the Sociology of Education" speaks to the diverse contexts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762312912
• ISBN13: 9780762312917
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"